Staying because you feel stuck: living like colleagues | Beyond Attachment

Nothing dramatic happened, and the two of you are living like colleagues.

"The moment the relationship becomes something you're stuck with, rather than something you're choosing, it begins to die."

From my book Beyond Attachment: When Relationships Become Optional.

When one of you is there because you can't see another option, the other one can feel it. What keeps a relationship alive is that each of you, on any day, would choose it again.

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